New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-07


SIt is said that Robi. E. Pattison Of
nnsylvaniasis to be appointed secre-
tary Of the interior, and that Secretary
Lamar will be given the vacant seat on.
the supreme court bench.
The period that had been fixed by
the treasurer's department for the re-
turn OF trade dollars expired September.
Is. They are now no longer a legal ten
der. and have no value except as silver
bullion. The total number of trade
dollars that have been exchanged is in
the neighborhood of eight millions.
A few weeks ago Justice Bradley Of
the United States supreme court rem
dered an important decision at Tren.
ton, N. j.. relative to the power Of the
federal government TO control railroads
over the head of state governments.
Justice Bradley says: 1--WE think THAT the
| power to regulate commerce between
the states extends not only to the con-
troll of the navigable waters of the
country and the lands under them for
the purposes of navigation, but for the
purpose of erecting piers, bridges and
all othes. instru,aaentalities Of commerce
which in the judgment of congress may
be, necessary or expedient. If it is
necessary that the United States 60
vernment shall have an eminent do
main still higher than that of the states
in order that it may fully carry out the
objects and purposes of the constitu-
ton. then it has it. .
Commenting on the Importance of
the battle Of Birch Coolie, Gen. H. 81.
Sibley the other day said to a Pioneer
Press reporter Il have seen accounts
wherein 1t is stated that the battle of
New Ulm decided the fate of the Indian
insurrection in the Northwest This is
a mistake. When Little Grow broke
loose he attacked Fort Ridgely, and
was repulsed after several vigorous as
saults. The Indians then swept down
upon New Ulm, thinking they could
capture the village easily, but they
were not by any means subdued They
had beaten every detachment sent
against them in the open field, and full
ly believed they were invincible when
their enemies left the protection of
houses and Notifications and met them
in fair, open fight It was necessary to
give them such battle in order to con-
vince them of their inferiority, and |
laid my plans to that end" We have
never seen or heard it stated the In
dians were put down and pacifed by
the defeat they sustained at New Ulm.
The battle of New Ulm did not decide
''the fate of the Indian insurrection in
the Northwest but it did decide the
fate of thousands of settlers that dwelt
in the central part of the Minnesota val
| ley. We fully appreciate Gen. Sibley's
noble ambition to meet the savages in
what he chooses to call '.fair, open
fght'', and thus convince them of their
inferiority, ambition which the gen
eral might have satisfied much nearer
home but for the prompt action of those
who fought, not for glory, but for saw
ing the lives of fellow beings in distress.
We would suggest that, if the medal to
be struck for the surviving defenders Of
New Ulm is to have on tia representation
of "a mother with child in her arms,
crouching beneath the tomahawk of an
! Indian, while a frontiersman stands
over the Indian with his battle ak just
in the act of descending, the figure OF
Gen. Sibley be shown in the back
ground, extending a graceful hand and
exclaiming, in the form of an inscrip-
ton: Don't hurt that savage. I
have laid my plans to meet him in the
open field, and as soon as ready will
convince him of my superiority
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